Appleton man sentenced in gun shop burglary

GREEN BAY - A 36-year-old Appleton man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on Tuesday in connection to a burglary at a Town of Vinland gun shop last year.

The U.S. Attorney's Office said Cory M. Yant was one of several men involved in the break-in and burglary at Jon's Gun Shop on May 25, 2015. Yant and two other Appleton men were arrested last November on probation violations and faced federal charges for possessing guns as felons.

Authorities said Yant and several other men stole and later sold on the street 11 semi-automatic firearms, several of which ended up in the hands of convicted felons.

Yant's 10-year sentence will begin after he finishes serving a four-year state prison sentence for crimes in Calumet, Outagamie and Brown counties. He was convicted of aggravated robbery, burglary and conspiracy to commit murder in Texas.